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# “Fostering a Praying Church” by Scotty Smith
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/201168fostering-a-praying-church-by-scotty-smith-html/
- Published: 2011-06-08T14:12:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:29:57.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Faith, #DashHouseCom, #wp

You may be overwhelmed by the amount of [content available for download](http://thegospelcoalition.org/conferences/2011/?ref=dashhouse.com#media) from The Gospel Coalition’s 2011 National Conference. Let me point your attention to one workshop in particular that I’ve been enjoying. It’s [“Fostering a Praying Church”](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/fostering%5Fa%5Fpraying%5Fchurch?ref=dashhouse.com) by Scotty Ward Smith. I wasn’t able to attend this workshop, but someone told me about it yesterday. I’ve been listening to it today, and it’s incredibly helpful.

Scotty Smith is Founding Pastor of [Christ Community Church](http://www.christcommunity.org/?ref=dashhouse.com) in Franklin, TN, and a Council member with The Gospel Coalition. I’ve really appreciated his prayer blog [Heavenward](http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/scottysmith/?ref=dashhouse.com). If you’re not reading it, it’s definitely worth checking out. Smith is also worth a follow on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/?ref=dashhouse.com#!/ScottyWardSmith).

It turns out that Smith was mentored by one of my favorite authors and pastors, Jack Miller. Miller is author of [*The Heart of a Servant Leader*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875527159/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=dashhouse-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0875527159&ref=dashhouse.com)

![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0875527159&camp=217153&creative=399349)

(one of my favorite books) and [*Outgrowing the Ingrown Church*](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310284112/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=dashhouse-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217153&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0310284112&ref=dashhouse.com)

![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0310284112&camp=217153&creative=399349)

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If you download Smith’s workshop you get a bit of his own story, as well as an introduction to Jack Miller and his continuing influence on the church. You will get a picture of what it’s like to be a pastor who’s chief repenter, and who’s prayerfully dependent, continually astonished by the gospel, and who believes that Christ is at work today. I’ll be listening to this one a few times.

[Go listen](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/fostering%5Fa%5Fpraying%5Fchurch?ref=dashhouse.com). You won’t regret it.

![“Fostering a Praying Church” by Scotty Smith](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/v7/dashhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ir.gif)